reinforce

/,ri:in'fɔ:s/

Thân thiện

We reinforce the sandcastle walls with wet sand.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To strengthen or support something, especially by adding material, people, or ideas: To make something stronger, more durable, or more effective.
   • To encourage or increase a particular type of behavior or belief: To make an idea, habit, or feeling more firmly established.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The construction crew used steel beams to reinforce the old bridge.
  • Positive feedback can reinforce a student's confidence.
  • The general decided to reinforce the troops at the border.

Advanced Usage

• "to reinforce a message/idea": To emphasize or make a concept more prominent.
  • The teacher used multiple examples to reinforce the main lesson.
• "self-reinforcing" (adj): Describing a process or cycle that strengthens itself.
  • Success and confidence can create a self-reinforcing cycle.

Variants and Related Words

• Reinforcement (n): The action or process of reinforcing; something that reinforces.
  • The wall needs additional reinforcement.
• Reinforced (adj): Made stronger.
  • The package was sent in a reinforced cardboard box.

Synonyms

• Strengthen: To make or become stronger.
• Fortify: To strengthen a place with defensive works; to strengthen mentally or physically.
• Bolster: To support or strengthen.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(This word is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms

• "To reinforce the ranks": To add more people to a group, especially in a military or organizational context.
  • They had to reinforce the ranks after several soldiers were injured.

Học thuật

Verb

1. strengthen and support with rewards
   • Let's reinforce good behavior
2. make stronger
   • he reinforced the concrete

Từ đồng nghĩa

• reward
• reenforce